Shkilna Mariia Ivanivna

EDUCATION

Professor, 2021.

DSc, Medicine (Infectious Diseases), I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University , Ukraine, 2021.

DSc thesis: Clinical and epidemiological and immunological aspects of Lyme borreliosis, improvement of diagnosis and therapy

Associate Professor, 2018

PhD, (Skin and Venereal Diseases), Institute of Dermatology and Venereology of the NAMS of Ukraine, Ukraine, 2010.

PhD thesis: Clinical and Hathogenic Features of Some Types of Urticaria and Allergic Dermatitis Associated with Lambliasis.

MD (General Medicine), University Diploma with Honours, Ternopil State Medical Institute, Ukraine, 1991.

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE

  • clinical features and pathogenesis of urticaria and allergic contact dermatitis associated with the lambliasis;

  • therapy of the patients with urticaria and allergic contact dermatitis associated with the lambliasis;

  • current method of diagnosis of lambliasis;

  • prevalence of Lyme borreliosis among forestry workers in Ternopil region and Ukraine;

  • prevalence of Lyme borreliosis among patients with tuberculosis, skin diseases;

  • current methods of diagnosis of thick borne disease;

  • clinical features and pathogenesis of Lyme borreliosis and thick borne diseases.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY, FELLOWSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • Ukrainian Dermatovenereology Society;

  • Editorial Board Member of the Scientific Journal “Our Dermatology On-line” (Poland);

  • Membership in the Ukrainian-Polish project “Investigation of epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinics and prophylaxis of borreliosis”;

  • Principale Investigator of the state-funded research “Epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinic of Lyme borreliosis in endemic regions of Ukraine, including in Ternopil region, and improvement of its diagnostics, therapy, rehabilitation measures and prevention”.